Baldur's Gate 3 - Locations
The major regions and hubs of Baldur's Gate 3 in rough order of encounter, from the nautiloid prologue through Act 1's Wilderness and Underdark, Act 2's Shadow-Cursed Lands, and Act 3's Rivington and Baldur's Gate. Each area is a self-contained map with its own quests, merchants and level band, and...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautiloid | Prologue / Tutorial | The mind flayer ship that opens the game, a living vessel of tentacles and psionic machinery caught in a war between illithids and githyanki red dragons. | Avernus and the Material Plane | Transponder control room Mind flayer helm and the ship's command deck Shadowheart's pod Lae'zel's cage and the githyanki boarding party |
| Ravaged Beach | Starting Area | The crash site on the Sword Coast where the party wakes up, scattered with nautiloid wreckage, intellect devourers and the first recruitable companions. | The Wilderness (Act 1) | Nautiloid wreckage and the crashed helm Dank Crypt and the Chapel of Jergal Astarion's ambush spot Gale's malfunctioning portal |
| Emerald Grove | Hub | A druid circle built into a cliff face and, at the start of the game, a refugee camp for tieflings fleeing Elturel. | The Wilderness (Act 1) | The Hollow (merchant Arron, Mattis and the tiefling children) Sacred Pool and the druid ritual circle Dammon's forge Nettie's infirmary and the hidden passage to the Underdark |
| Goblin Camp | Enemy Stronghold | A ruined Selûnite temple overrun by the Absolute's goblin warband, with a courtyard of drunken goblins, a worg pen, a war room full of True Souls and the defiled sanctum below. | The Wilderness (Act 1) | Worg Pens (Halsin's cage) Dror Ragzlin's throne room Minthara's war room Defiled Temple and the passage to the Underdark |
| Blighted Village | Ruined Settlement | A village abandoned after the Absolute's raids and now used as a forward base, notable for the windmill, the apothecary's cellar, the blacksmith's forge and the barn that should not be opened. | The Wilderness (Act 1) | The windmill and the barn Apothecary's cellar and the hidden basement Whispering Depths and the Phase Spider Matriarch Well shaft descent |
| The Underdark | Region | A vast subterranean region reached through the Defiled Temple, the Zhentarim hideout or the grove's hidden passage, and the alternative route to Act 2. | Beneath the Sword Coast (Act 1) | Myconid Colony and Sovereign Spaw Selûnite Outpost Duergar beach and the Grymforge docks Arcane Tower and the Society of Brilliance |
| Grymforge | Dungeon | An ancient dwarven forge city half-submerged in lava, occupied by duergar slavers working for the Absolute and haunted by the Adamantine Forge's guardian, Grym. | The Underdark (Act 1) | Adamantine Forge and the Grym guardian Deep gnome slave pens Ancient forge moulds The collapsed bridge to the Shadow-Cursed Lands |
| Rosymorn Monastery | Dungeon / Crèche | A Lathanderite monastery on the Mountain Pass, now occupied by Crèche Y'llek, a githyanki nursery and military outpost. | Mountain Pass (Act 1) | Crèche Y'llek and the zaith'isk Inquisitor W'wargaz's chambers Blood of Lathander reliquary The Dawnmaster's hidden vault |
| Last Light Inn | Hub | The only safe haven in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, held by Jaheira's Harpers under a dome of Selûnite light maintained by Isobel. | Shadow-Cursed Lands (Act 2) | Isobel's ward and the inn's upper floor Jaheira's war table Dammon's Act 2 forge The Mason's Guild cellar and the hidden path to Moonrise |
| Moonrise Towers | Enemy Stronghold | Ketheric Thorm's fortress and the Absolute's regional headquarters, standing at the centre of the shadow curse. | Shadow-Cursed Lands (Act 2) | Throne room and Ketheric's audience chamber The tower prison and Wulbren's cell Mind Flayer Colony and the Brain Jar Myrkul's altar and the apostle arena |
| Gauntlet of Shar | Dungeon | A vast Sharran trial complex beneath the Grand Mausoleum, consisting of the Umbral Gem trials, the Soft-Step, Self-Same and Faith-Leap puzzles, and the Shadowfell beyond them. | Shadow-Cursed Lands (Act 2) | Umbral Gem trials Silent Library and the ritual circle Shadowfell and the Nightsong's prison Balthazar's chambers |
| Rivington | Town | The outer district of Baldur's Gate and Act 3's landing point, a refugee-choked town of stables, a circus, a requisitioned warehouse and the Open Hand Temple. | Baldur's Gate outskirts (Act 3) | Circus of the Last Days Open Hand Temple The requisitioned barn and the Zhentarim South Span checkpoint into Wyrm's Crossing |
| Baldur's Gate (Lower City) | City Hub | The heart of Act 3 and the largest single map in the game, packed with the guild's politics, three companion quests and the Dead Three's operations. | Baldur's Gate (Act 3) | Elfsong Tavern (Act 3 campsite) Sorcerous Sundries Cazador's Palace The Guild hall and Nine-Fingers Keene Sewers and the Bhaal temple approach |
| Wyrm's Rock Fortress | Fortress | The Archduke's seat and the gateway between Wyrm's Crossing and the Lower City, guarded by Gortash's Steel Watchers. | Baldur's Gate (Act 3) | Coronation hall and Gortash's audience Fortress prison The submersible dock to the Iron Throne Steel Watch foundry approach |
| The House of Hope | Optional Dungeon | Raphael's residence in the Nine Hells, reached through a portal in the Devil's Fee, and the single best optional dungeon in the game. | Avernus | The Archive and Helsik's portal Raphael's boudoir The prison of Hope The Orphic Hammer vault |
| The Iron Throne | Timed Dungeon | An underwater prison holding the gondian engineers Gortash needs for his Steel Watch, reachable only by submersible from Wyrm's Rock. | Under the harbour of Baldur's Gate | Cell block A and the gondian engineers Duke Ravengard's cell The flooding corridors Submersible dock |
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